NFC North Notes: Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings

Bears

Bears WR Allen Robinson feels as though he’s back to his prior form before suffering an ACL tear last year and is happy to be contributing to the team’s offense.

“Whenever I’m accomplishing and doing things that they brought me here to do, it definitely feels good being able to make those plays that I’ve made all of my career,” Robinson said, via the Chicago Sun-Times. “But whenever you make those plays, it feels like the first time you did it. It’s been exciting.”

• Bears HC Matt Nagy said of QB Mitch Trubisky: “He put together three really good days at practice. The main thing for us was just seeing conditioning wise if can he could hold up and he did.”
• The Bears have S Deon Bush (hamstring) listed as doubtful for Week 14 and S Eddie Jackson (shin) and DT Bilal Nichols (knee) as questionable.

Lions

• The Detroit Lions officially ruled out LB Trevor Bates (ankle) and RB Kerryon Johnson (knee) for Week 14 and list RB Nick Bellore (ankle), WR Bruce Ellington (back), DE Kerry Hyder (illness), LB Devon Kennard (hip), WR Brandon Powell (calf), TE Michael Roberts (shoulder), CB Darius Slay (ankle), and QB Matthew Stafford (back) as questionable.

Packers

• The Green Bay Packers officially ruled out S Raven Greene (ankle) for Week 14 and list T Bryan Bulaga (knee, illness) as doubtful. 
• The Packers also have G Byron Bell (knee), LS Hunter Bradley (ankle), CB Bashaud Breeland (groin), S Kentrell Brice (ankle, concussion), and G Lane Taylor (foot) down as questionable for Sunday’s game. 

Vikings

Vikings QB Kirk Cousins explained that they’ve had trouble “[sustaining] the level of potential in this locker room” in every game. 

“I do think that we can point to some times throughout the year where we’ve underachieved, not because we weren’t giving effort or preparation, but we just haven’t been able to sustain the level of potential in this locker room, play in and play out,” Cousins said, via the Pioneer Press.